Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ method for detecting treponema is used on smears

Haemophilus influenzae is able to colonize the _____ tract due to IgA protease (virulence factor)

Listeria monocytogenes is a gram _____ rod that is aerobic

_____ is an obligate intracellular bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Treponema pallidum is a _____ and may be described as 'spiral-shaped'.

Oroya fever or _____ disease is caused by Bartonella bacilliformis

Salmonella spp. produces _____, which appears as black colonies on Hektoen enteric agar

_____, Vibrio cholera and Helicobacter pylori are all curved rods that are oxidase positive

Staphylococcus saprophyticus is part of the normal flora of the _____ and vagina in up to 10% of females

What animals (2) are the reservoir for Yersinia pestis?_____